Millions of opioid pills flooded Arizona communities during prescription drug boom

Published on July 25, 2019 in The Arizona Republic. By Jeannette Hinkle, The Arizona Republic. KINGMAN — A small independent pharmacy called Uptown Drug dispensed 5.6 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills in this northwest Arizona city from 2006 to 2012.  That’s almost 200 pills per resident. But about four years ago, owner and pharmacist Chris …